Learning about Assata
“Assata: An Autobiography” by Assata Shakur – Memoir of Black Panther exile Assata Shakur, who recounts her experiences of police violence, trial, prison escape, and life in Cuba. Provides a first-person account of repression in 1970s (she calls U.S. prisons “apartheid concentration camps”) and her political awakening. Sparks discussion on the ethics of liberating political prisoners by any means, and the role of international asylum in abolitionist history.
Eyes of the Rainbow (1997)
Eyes of The Rainbow is a 1997 documentary film by Gloria Rolando about Assata Shakur. The film was recorded in Cuba 33 years after Shakur's exile from the United States. The film consists primarily of a personal interview with Assata herself on the day her mother died as she recounts her experience as a prisoner in the United States. — Youtube